Faculty
Aug. 13, 2017
James Spain
Aug. 13, 2017
Marcia Shannon
Aug. 13, 2017
Robert Schnabel
Aug. 13, 2017
Timothy Safranski
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Aug. 8, 2017
Wyatt Thompson
Wyatt Thompson is a professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He joined the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri in 2006 to work on biofuel markets and policies, agricultural policies, and trade. Before joining the team, he worked at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, France, analyzing export competition policies, measuring agricultural policy support, and assessing market impacts of policies, particularly those of the European Union, Mexico, and the United States. He also worked on similar topics at the Policy Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in…
Aug. 8, 2017
Harvey S. James, Jr.
Harvey S. James, Jr., PhD, is Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Missouri. He also serves as Director of the Division, where he works with faculty and staff to support applied research, teaching, and engagement across agriculture, food, and community development. James teaches a course on agricultural ethics and has previously taught microeconomics and organizational economics. His research focuses on the economic foundations of trust, ethics, and happiness, with additional interests in organizational and institutional economics and sustainable agriculture. He is currently studying fairness perceptions among farmers…
Aug. 8, 2017
Michael Sykuta
Michael Sykuta, PhD, is an economist working at the intersections of organizational economics, industrial organization, new institutional economics, public choice, and law. His work ranges from issues in agribusiness and agrifood value chains to energy policy and public utility regulation. He is Executive Director of the Financial Research Institute (FRI), whose programs focus on public utilities regulation and utility industry issues, and Director of the Center for Rural Energy Security (CRES), which focuses on federal and state energy policy and its implications for rural America. Sykuta is an affiliate scholar with the International Center for Law & Economics and…
Aug. 8, 2017
Jere Gilles
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July 20, 2017
Mauro Palmero
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July 20, 2017
Pei Liu
Pei Liu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Hospitality Management and Director of Graduate Programs at the University of Missouri. Liu has an extensive record of externally funded research and has served as principal investigator on multiple USDA-NIFA Food Safety Outreach Program projects. Her federally funded work has focused particularly on developing food safety education and training programs for small-scale farmers. Her current research also examines sustainable dining and food choices, food waste reduction, blockchain-enabled food traceability, artificial intelligence and emerging hospitality technologies, and consumer responses to innovative food and service experiences. Her scholarship has…